EAST RUTHERFORD — The Giants won’t have a lot of experience at running back Monday night when they arrive at FedEx Field for a rematch with the Washington Redskins in their last NFC East road game of the season.

Experience, as in a back with a lot of carries this season.

Losing Andre Brown with a fractured fibula in last week’s win over Green Bay has left offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride with a lack of experienced backs to fill in should Ahmad Bradshaw not be able to go the four quarters.

Bradshaw, who continues to practice only one day a week because of lingering knee and ankle problems, leads the run game with 733 yards and five touchowns on 161 carries.

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The four other backs who could get some time running the ball have a total of 125 carries between them.

Two of them - Ryan Torain and Kregg Lumpkin - who joined the team Tuesday to fill the void for Brown - and got their first look at the Giants run game yesterday at the Timex Performance Center where they took part in their first workouts.

Torain, who was playing 7-on-7 football in Arizona when the G-Men called him in for a workout Monday, has 200 yards in 53 carries when he played for the Redskins in 2011. Lumpkin was 33-for-124 at Seattle when he was released in September.

They’re expected to join a rotation of backs that will include No. 1 draft pick David Wilson, who is Bradshaw’s backup as of now even though he has only carries 24 times for 102 yards. Fullback Henry Hynoski, who usually is the guy supplying the first block for the RBs but could get some expanded time running the ball now, has only carried three times in the 11 games for just 12 yards. Free agent Da Rel Scott is 6-for-9 in his brief time at running back.

Hynoski, who remembers how he only had a day to begin learning the Giants offense when he arrived as a free agent in 2011 and was found himself the only fullback on the field at his first training camp workout, served as teacher for Torain and Lumpkin for much of yesterday’s workout.

“With Andre out we have to get the other guys rolling. We just can’t rely purely on Ahmad,” Hynoski said after practice. “That’s a heavy workload so we have to get David and the other guys going.

“I just kind of took it upon myself, when we’re outside the meetings, to meet with them and review some things, especially pass protection because that’s the number one thing,” added Hynoski. “That goes unnoticed, but a back has to learn you’ve got to protect our quarterback.”

Coach Tom Coughlin isn’t worried his two new backs will start slow.

“They had outstanding workouts and we were in a need at that position,” he said. “It’s why we signed them.”

Will they play Monday” “It’s a possibility,” was all Coughlin would say.

In addition to learning from Hynoski, Torain and Lumpkin have been working closely with Bradshaw, Wilson and running backs coach Jerald Ingram to learn the plays, blocking schemes and terminology of the offense as quickly as possible.

“He’s a great teacher and coach,” was how Lumpkin described Hynoski. “David and Ahmad have been teachers on the sideline for us. We’re trying to learn as much as possible as fast as possible.”

QB Eli Manning liked what he saw from his newest offensive teammates. “They did a good job,” he said. “It’s a lot being thrown at them very quickly. Both guys have been around a number of years. I think they’ll pick things up quickly. We will throw as much at them as possible and see what they can take in and how much they can possibly help us this week.”

What’s the first message the newest Giants got from their teammates?

“Protect Eli and you’ll get yourself on the field,” Hynoski told them. “What makes running backs special is their ability to run the ball, obviously. That’s why they’re here.

“The hard part is picking up pass protection. There are so many different adjustments and things like that that can happen. You have to protect the leader of your team and that’s Eli. You’re not going to get on the field unless you can do that.”

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Other Giants who didn’t practice yesterday in addition to Bradshaw were safety Kenny Phillips (knee), center David Baas (shoulder) and tackle David Diehl (shoulder).